At Miami debate, DeSantis promises GOP big wins after recent disappointments

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

39% : Donald Trump dismisses Republican opponents at rally in HialeahHoping to reverse those fortunes, DeSantis turned to Tuesday's elections in states like Ohio, Virginia and Kentucky -- which saw Democrats largely prevail in tough races and voters turn out in support of a measure protecting abortion rights -- to remind voters that he and his allies were able to win in Florida even as Republicans elsewhere struggled.
25% : Trump, the primary's frontrunner, has declined to participate in the debates and held a rally in Hialeah as the debate was going on.
21% : Trump, he said, was responsible for Tuesday's electoral disappointments.
12% : "Donald Trump as the nominee would be a huge risk."
10% : As for Trump, his chief rival in the 2024 primary, DeSantis reserved his most direct criticism for after the debate, telling NBC News in a post-forum interview that the former president remained Republicans biggest electoral obstacle.
9% : He's trailing Trump by anywhere from 20 to 40 percentage points, according to most public polls, and is facing a real threat from former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, who has tied or surpassed DeSantis in some early-voting state surveys.

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